Duane Hicks The public will get a chance to provide input into the town’s new official plan at a pair of workshops/open houses here next Wednesday (Sept. 2). Slated for 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. in the Sportsplex conference room at the Memorial Sports Centre, people are encouraged to participate […]
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Duane Hicks Fort Frances delegates were among the hundreds of people who attended the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference Aug. 17-19 in Ottawa, where they once again got the chance to bend cabinet ministers’ ears about local issues. Mayor Roy Avis, who represented the town along with Couns. […]
Staff Canadian Blood Services once again is encouraging district residents to give the “gift of life” at its upcoming fall blood donor clinic here next month. The clinic will run Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 4:30-8:30 p.m. and again on Thursday, Sept. 10 from noon-3 p.m. and 5-8:30 p.m. at Fort […]
Staff With roughly one year left before it’s slated to open its doors, construction has been busily underway at the site of the new Robert Moore School here. “I think we’re moving along quite well,” said Raymond Roy, manager of plant operations and maintenance for the Rainy River District School […]
Duane Hicks It’s not even fall yet but the town already is looking ahead to 2010—with council slated to hold its first public meeting to garner input on next year’s municipal budget on Monday, Sept. 14. Council approved a report from treasurer Laurie Witherspoon at Monday night’s regular meeting, which […]
Press Release The Ministry of the Environment has advised the Northwestern Health Unit that a sample from a local lake recently tested positive for blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). A sample from a visible algal bloom on Caliper Lake, south of Nestor Falls, was analyzed by a laboratory and found to contain […]
Press Release Band council members and staff of a First Nation community in Northwestern Ontario will strengthen their knowledge about economic development to attract and keep business in the community. Naicatchewenin First Nation is receiving $9,000 in funding from the Northern Communities Investment Readiness program (NCIR) for two training workshops […]
Press Release Any women who could become pregnant, whether planning to or not, needs to take a folic acid supplement every day and make healthy food choices. Why, you ask? Folic acid is a B vitamin needed for the healthy development of a baby’s spine, brain, and skull during the […]
Peggy Revell With another school year just around the corner, the local public and separate boards are hoping to prevent one thing from returning with students: the H1N1 ’flu virus. “At this point in time, we’re really just focusing on preventative measures,” said Darlene Madill, communications officer for the Rainy […]
Heather Latter This is the final week for the local Youth Action Alliance to get its anti-tobacco message out to the community before the program is terminated across the province this Friday. Youth advisor Angie Tyrvainen noted when they first received word of the termination back in May, some of […]
Duane Hicks As work on the Portage Avenue underpass nears completion, there’s a good chance the street will be re-opened to one lane of traffic sometime next week. In a report to the council at Monday night’s regular meeting, transportation superintendent Milt Strachan said all of the concrete slabs were […]
Staff Hockey hall-of-famer, Liberal MP, and former party leadership candidate Ken Dryden will be dropping by Rainy River District during the first week of September. The public is invited to attend a “Meet Ken Dryden” barbecue dinner to be held next Thursday (Sept. 3) at 6 p.m. at the Little […]
